It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.