Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

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

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

All great achievements require time.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!