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

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

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

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

Resist much. Obey little.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

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

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

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.

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

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.