Doubt is the origin of wisdom

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

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

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.