Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
Judge not unless you judge yourself.
Time wounds all heels.
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
