Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care
Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
Judge not unless you judge yourself.
I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.