Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

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

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.