Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

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

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

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

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

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

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

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

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.