We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

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

A friend to all is a friend to none

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

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

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

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

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

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little