Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Resist much. Obey little.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.