The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

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

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.