Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

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

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

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

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

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

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

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.