Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.