The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

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

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.