People hate who makes you feel one's inferiority.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Speak not of peoples and laws andKingdoms, for the whole earth isMy birthplace and all humans areMy brothers.

Nihilism is…not only the belief that everything deserves to perish

Everything unsaid can be guessedTruth may not always be confessed

There is nothing in a crowded street more noticeable than a man running ― unless it is a woman.

The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.

Our goal should be minimum standardization of human behavior.

Write letters to your editors, write to your members of Congress, and write to your news stations.

The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms.

To believe something strongly when it is clearly hard to define and prove, and has not been proven, is to be prejudiced.