The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

Humility is attentive patience.

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.