The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

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

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

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

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.