No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

A man is literally what he thinks.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

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

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.