The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.
