I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

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

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

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

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

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.