Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
I have no desire to make windows into mens souls
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.