Every aquarium will eventually leak.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

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

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.