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

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

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.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

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.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

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

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

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

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

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