What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

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

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

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

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

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

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

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Wisdom begins at the end.

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

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.