A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Think globally, act locally.
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Nothing is as easy as it looks.