You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

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

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

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.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

For we walk by faith, not by sight