The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

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

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

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

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.