No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.