Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

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

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

All great achievements require time.

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

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little