Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

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

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

Desire is the very essence of man.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.