A jug fills drop by drop.
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world.
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.