I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.
If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over 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.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.
It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
All great achievements require time.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
