We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

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

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

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

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

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

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

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

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

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.