There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
