Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
