Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

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

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

The lie is a condition of life.