Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

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

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

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

A friend to all is a friend to none

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

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

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

The lie is a condition of life.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

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