Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

The lie is a condition of life.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

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

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

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

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

I think, therefore I am.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.