The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority.

As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their classical pursuits, so must we addict ourselves to prayer.

Belief is harder to shake than knowledge.

I had to fight with myself 'cause he's so good, yet he's so popular.

You know, I once read a short story about how much you could tell about people from their shoes. You could tell where they had been, what they did, whether they were real walkers.

If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centreman because you can do what you want and go wherever you want to go.

I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.

Your doctrine can be as straight as a gun barrel and just as empty!

To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.

What is conceived well is expressed clearly.