The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Be curious, not judgmental.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
What's done can't be undone.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
