Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

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!

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.