Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

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

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Think globally, act locally.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

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.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.