Doubt is the origin of wisdom

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

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

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

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

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

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

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.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

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

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

What's done can't be undone.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.