A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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.
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.