What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

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.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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