He knows to live who keeps the middle state, and neither leans on this side nor on that.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

It is so important that we as spiritual people should not define ourselves only by our profession

What I learned from the flowers: to live effortlessly.

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science.

When God created the universe, this world beautifully and gloriously revealed his unfathomable being.

Love to the love tear, even too, same evil, Attempt, without strength and armor, To reach the unreachable star.

The want of occupation is no less the plague of society than of solitude.

Our souls do not like stagnation. Our souls aspire toward growth, that is, toward remembering all that we have forgotten due to our trip to this place, the earth.

The brain is like a TV set; when it goes blank, it's a good idea to turn off the sound.