To spend too much time in studies is sloth.

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.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

you fall into the mirror, come through the other side staring at a lightbulb.

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.

Uniqueness isn't a virtue. It's a responsibility.

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: "Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened" is one of the funniest lines in any film.

I was playing with pencils while the other girls were playing with dolls.

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.