Because reason...is the only thing that makes us men, and distinguishes us from the beasts, I would prefer to believe that it exists, in its entirety, in each of us.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

The process of acceptance is to train your mind to focus on what you have.

The big blank spaces in the map are all being filled in, and there's no room for romance anywhere.

Growth is life, and life is for ever destined to make for light.

Those who say that money can’t buy one love make it sound as if love can buy one money.

Perhaps the most troubling area in the world goes from the Balkans through the Middle East and in Central Asia.

I think the older I get, the less I should be doing.

For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?

Lee Iacocca, who said to Dolly Parton, Why do you need an airbag? Never got a dinner!

The most confident person in any transaction ALWAYS introduces themselves first.

The more one gardens, the more one learns; And the more one learns, the more one realizes how little one knows.