If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.
We never see ourselves as others see us.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.