The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
Appearances often are deceiving.
The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
Judge not unless you judge yourself.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
