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

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

Intelligence is a moral category.