It takes a great man to be a good listener.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Don't criticize what you can't understand.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
A man is literally what he thinks.
Intelligence is a moral category.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.