In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

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

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

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.