Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

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

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.