The lie is a condition of life.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.