I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

All great achievements require time.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

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.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.