Judge not unless you judge yourself.

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

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

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

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

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

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible