Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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

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

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

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

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

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Criticize the act, not the person.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

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