Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

A precedent embalms a principle.

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 road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

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

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

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

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

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.