How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

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

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

The lie is a condition of life.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

Wisdom begins at the end.