Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

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

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

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

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

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

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

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

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

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.