Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

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

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

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

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.