This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

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

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

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

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.