If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

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

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

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

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

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

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

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.