It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

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.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

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.

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.

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