Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength
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.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
Be curious, not judgmental.
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Think globally, act locally.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.