For the wise man, every day is a festival.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Don't stay in the harbour and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn't mean you have to be.

Telling our personal story reveals the shape shifting landscape of our mind.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

Nothing does so much to help those who suffer as to know that somebody cares.

The penetration of society by the Internet and the penetration of the Internet by society is the best thing that has ever happened to global human civilisation.

If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician.

What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution.

The only reason to live is to love and the only reason to love is to live.

Does college pay? They do if you are a good open-field runner.

Love lasteth long as the money endureth.