It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

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

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

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.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

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

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

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.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

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