Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Resist much. Obey little.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

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

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.