Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.