You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

The lie is a condition of life.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.