We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.

The heights by great men reached and kept Where not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the door.

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?

A fast way to demolish relationships, shatter credibility and disrespect yourself is by not following through when you say you are going to do something.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.

Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.

No all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path.

There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.

The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

The world is a mountain, in which your words are echoed back to you.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.