Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Desire is the very essence of man.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

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

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

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