Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Every aquarium will eventually leak.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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.
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
Wisdom begins at the end.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
