A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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

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

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

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

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.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Desire is the very essence of man.

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.

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

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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