Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.