Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

Be curious, not judgmental.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

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

Criticize the act, not the person.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

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

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

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

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.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.