Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Time wounds all heels.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

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

Criticize the act, not the person.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.