Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

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

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.