Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

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

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.