Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

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

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

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

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

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

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

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

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.