There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Appearances often are deceiving.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
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 more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
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'.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.