Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

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

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

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

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.