Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

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

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

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

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.