Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.
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.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
The greatest power we have is the power of choice.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
