There are two kinds of disease of the soul, vice and ignorance.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

I think the greatest sound in the world is hearing one of your children singing when they think no one is listening.

Happiness has no time limits or conditions

. . . there is an absolute disjunction between our Father's love and our deserving.

I sat down on the sofa, surrounded by years of coffee rings and sandwich stains. If the police ever did a DNA test on this sofa, it would be ninety per cent disappointment.

We're in a society, I think, where everyone thinks it's so cool to work, it's so cool to be online, so cool to be super busy. I think it's super cool not to be busy.

I have a big collection of quotation programs...In particular, I like MCR Software's Wisdom of the Ages, which has the best selection of relevant quotes I know.

Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.

He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.

The truth is that we simply do not know what happens after death.

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased.