Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

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

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

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

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.