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

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

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

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

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.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.