Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.

It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

Growing up and seeing your parents' flaws is like losing your religion. I don't believe in God anymore. I don't believe in my father either.

Is racial violence is the answer for happened racial violence? Which planet am I? Where are the people who taught me there is no difference? Why?

The ego hates losing – even to God.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

When you meditate, you take charge of your life. You bring your conscious awareness to a new high point, where the vista is beyond any horizon.

Joy, grief, desire or fear, whate'er the name The passion bears, its influence is the same; Where things exceed your hope or fall below, You stare, look blank, grow numb from top to toe.

Freedom is always at the beginning and not at the end.

If a girl understands your BS, sticks with you through your mistakes, smiles even when you've done nothing for her, it's obvious she's a keeper. But it's also obvious you don't deserve her.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

Contradiction itself, far from always being a criterion of error, is sometimes a sign of truth.