Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

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

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.