It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

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.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.