Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

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

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

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

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

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.