Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

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

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Intelligence is a moral category.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

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

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.