Invisible harmony is better than visible.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

For others, in spite of myself, from myself.

What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.

I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being ordinary.

Victory is by nature superb and insulting.

You can't lead others to places you don't want to go yourself. If you don't feel a burning passion for something, how in the world can you inspire and encourage others to share it?

I only know how to play one role: me.

I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience.

He that commits a sin shall find the pressing guilt lie heavy on his mind.

One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it's in places where it makes no sense at all.