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

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

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

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

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

Criticize the act, not the person.

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

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.