It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

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

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

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

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

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.