Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

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

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.