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

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

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.