Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

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

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

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

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

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.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

The lie is a condition of life.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.