A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

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

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

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

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

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

I think, therefore I am.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

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

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

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

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

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.