A person who spends more than he earns is a fool
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.