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.
A man is literally what he thinks.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Every aquarium will eventually leak.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.