The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

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

I think, therefore I am.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.

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

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

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.