If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

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

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

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

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

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.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.