The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

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

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

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

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

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

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Appearances often are deceiving.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.