Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Criticize the act, not the person.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.