Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.

A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.

Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.

All learning is in the learner, not the teacher.

The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!

If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others.

There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.

The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.

Do not expect justice where might is right.

Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Life should be lived as play.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Everything changes and nothing remains still.

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.