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

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

I think, therefore I am.

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

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

A friend to all is a friend to none

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

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.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

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

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.