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

A friend to all is a friend to none

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

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

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

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

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