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

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

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

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.