What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.