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.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

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

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.