He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

Your calling is your destiny

It’s only the ego that wants to surrender the ego

Write about the dream you see during consciousness.

You know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.

My friends call me Clark Kent: I'm known to change in phone booths.

If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.

Music's at its best when it has a purpose.

What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.

Education today, more than ever before, must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.