Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

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

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

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.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.