There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

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

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.