Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

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

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

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

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

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.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.