Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

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

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

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

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Compassion is the basis of morality.