Authority is no source for Truth.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.

Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.

You are what you repeatedly do.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

The man who is content to live alone is either a beast or a god.

A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.

Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.

The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.

God has many names, though He is only one Being.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know.

The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Friendship also seems to be the bond that holds communities together.

Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage.

Through discipline comes freedom.

Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing.

The best things are placed between extremes.

What we expect, that we find.