To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

The object of the superior man is truth.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

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

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

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

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.