The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

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.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.