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

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

All great achievements require time.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

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

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

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

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.