Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

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

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

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

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

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

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

Intelligence is a moral category.