The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
The object of the superior man is truth.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.