Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
Desire is the very essence of man.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
