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

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

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

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

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

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

The cure for pain is in the pain.