When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

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.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

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'.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.