Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

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

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

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

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Criticize the act, not the person.