Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
