Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

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

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Think globally, act locally.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

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

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.