Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

Be curious, not judgmental.