What's done can't be undone.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Intelligence is a moral category.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.