Be curious, not judgmental.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

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

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

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

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

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

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

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Resist much. Obey little.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

What's done can't be undone.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

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

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.