Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character
Don't criticize what you can't understand.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.
