Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence
A friend to all is a friend to none
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.