In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

A friend to all is a friend to none

Appearances often are deceiving.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

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.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

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

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.