Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

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

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

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

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.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.