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

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

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

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

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

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

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

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.