There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

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

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

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

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

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

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

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

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.