Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
A precedent embalms a principle.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.
If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
