Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
The lie is a condition of life.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
Resist much. Obey little.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
