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.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Resist much. Obey little.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Criticize the act, not the person.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.