It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

And then we ease him out of that worn-out body with a kiss, and he's gone like a whisper, the easiest breath.

It's only as bad as you make it.

City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure.

The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in.

We are in charge of our attitudes.

I like both slapstick and contradiction. Like philosophers.

Drawing or painting allows the artist to know himself as a whole person.

Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.

I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they're crafted.