You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

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

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

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

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The object of the superior man is truth.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.