Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

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

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

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

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

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.