True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
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.
A person who spends more than he earns is a fool