When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact
Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
Resist much. Obey little.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.