To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
Appearances often are deceiving.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
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.
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.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
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.
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
