It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
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Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
All limitations are self-imposed.
There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
