It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.