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

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Time wounds all heels.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

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.

Criticize the act, not the person.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

None but ourselves can free our minds.