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

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

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

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

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

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.