Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

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.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Desire is the very essence of man.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.