Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
Don't criticize what you can't understand.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
What's done can't be undone.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
Every aquarium will eventually leak.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character
The object of the superior man is truth.
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.
The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.