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

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.