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.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.