There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Time wounds all heels.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Desire is the very essence of man.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.