Surfeits of happiness are fatal.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

When he told me that he would fight forever, I knew that he would have to be defeated.

May you have the courage to conquer any circumstance.

If you're living your life avoiding stress, you must be living on an ashram.

It's important to me that youth everywhere, no matter their race, religion, or gender, know that anything is possible with perseverance.

I believe babies are born as innovative personalities... But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning.

In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water...

The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes are often used to disguise the third.

I wasn't educated. I was very lucky.

I don't know if memoirs can produce literary work of the first order. But I do know that novels are doing it only rarely.

Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe.