It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
Desire is the very essence of man.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
