Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.