Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

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.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

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

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.