He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

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

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

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

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

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

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

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

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.