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.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.
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.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.
A person who spends more than he earns is a fool
Compassion is the basis of morality.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens