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.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

A man is literally what he thinks.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

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.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

Desire is the very essence of man.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.