Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

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

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

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

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.