One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

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.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

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.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

Time wounds all heels.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.