He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

One could get bored even with beauty when one was constantly surrounded by it.

It’s only when we are able to exceed our rigid interpretations, and we start defining love in it’s totality, that we realize that love is everywhere

There are many things to resist, but disease is not one of them.

you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

Everything on my body has a meaning. I don't do art just because. It does look cool but it also has a meaning.

People can think whatever. I know who I am.

I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

Good teams focus on the task at hand. They don't care what's happened the last 13 days, they worry about today and they worry about getting better. That's what good teams do.

The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is as impartial and impersonal as the law of gravity is. It is precise and it is exact

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.