Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

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.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

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

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

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

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

The lie is a condition of life.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.