If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
