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

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

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

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

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

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.