The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

What can't be cured must be endured.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

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