Everyone hurts us. If we stopped loving them because of pain, we'd never love anyone.

Story of civilization starts with reading, and story of creativity starts with writing

Fiction is only fiction because it is yet to be proven.

One does not become a great swimmer by swimming in shallow waters.

I view my own body as a petting zoo. I am the main attraction... And the only customer.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.

Think not I am what I appear.

The more the capacity to concentrate is developed, the more often the profound tranquility in work is achieved, then the clearer will be the manifestation of discipline within the child.

It doesn't matter if you mean to do the right thing - if you only do bad things. You need to learn how to do right things. Doing is what affects people.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your religion. If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?