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

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

Intelligence is a moral category.

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

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.