As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.

Knowledge is the essence of organized information systems. Wisdom is the essence of knowledge and experience.

Enlightened view (samyak darshan) is that which shows you the ‘eternal’ (the pure soul), and deluded vision (mithya darshan) is that which shows you the ‘temporary’.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked

But an inferior talent can only be graceful when it's carrying inferior ideas. And the more narrowly you can look at a thing the more entertaining you can be about it.

Ask not that events should happen as you will but let your will be that events should happen as they do and you shall have peace.

The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two will persuade.

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You’re looking at double work.

You know, if Nancy Davis hadn't come along when she did, I would have lost my soul.

We wore our safety pins on the inside of our clothes.

The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.