Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
I think, therefore I am.
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
