Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
A man is literally what he thinks.
Think globally, act locally.
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
For we walk by faith, not by sight
Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.