The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid
The cure for pain is in the pain.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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.
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.