Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

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.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.