The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

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

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

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.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

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

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.