There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.
There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
A precedent embalms a principle.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Time wounds all heels.
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.
I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.
Only from the heart can you touch the sky.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Be curious, not judgmental.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.