Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

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

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

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.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

What can't be cured must be endured.