I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

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

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

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

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.