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

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

A friend to all is a friend to none

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.