No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
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
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.
What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.