If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

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

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

What's done can't be undone.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

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

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

Desire is the very essence of man.

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

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

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.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.