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

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

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

Criticize the act, not the person.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

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.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

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

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.