The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

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.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

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

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

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

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

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

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

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.