You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
Intelligence is a moral category.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
I have no desire to make windows into mens souls
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
