In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

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

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

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'.

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.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

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

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

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

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

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