If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

A precedent embalms a principle.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.