To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

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.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

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

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

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

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

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

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The object of the superior man is truth.

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