Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

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

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.