None but ourselves can free our minds.

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

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

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

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

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

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

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Think globally, act locally.