There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic