Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Resist much. Obey little.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

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.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

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