Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

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

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

The lie is a condition of life.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.