Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
The greatest power we have is the power of choice.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
The lie is a condition of life.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.