Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
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.
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.