Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

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.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

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.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

The object of the superior man is truth.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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