I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

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

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Be curious, not judgmental.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

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

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.