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

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

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