A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.