Only from the heart can you touch the sky.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
