The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
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.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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'.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.