A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

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

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Time wounds all heels.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

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

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.