Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

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.

A friend to all is a friend to none

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

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

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Appearances often are deceiving.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.