Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.

Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes

You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am

The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry.

One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

the writing of some men is like a vast bridge that carries you over the many things that claw and tear. The Wine of Forever

This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.

Why, I've never even had a quarrel with any one. I haven't an enemy. What a spineless thing I must be not to have even one enemy!

I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.