Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they're not absurd.

The best way to overcome depression is to work it to death. Whether it be your body or your mind, just be active and some relief you’ll find.

Think innocently.Think intelligently.Think imaginatively.Think inventively.

Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter on even in the holiest places.

Today I would say, 'I am against plastic surgery.' It's a grave act. An act that touches our soul. It was frightening.

When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.

To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.

How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home?

We are all part and parcel of one country. And that country is of love.

The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.