In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

You promote yourself every time you take on a new responsibility.

I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.

To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?

Black has depth.. you can go into it.. And you start seeing what you're afraid of. You start seeing what you love, and it becomes like a dream.

I shoot from the hip.

For support, I fall back on my heart. Has a man any fault a woman cannot weave with and try to change into something better, if the god her man prays to is a mother holding a baby?

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

Every country has its own reality and its own leaders, and the leaders act in accordance with their reality.

Enobaria smiles at Johanna. 'Don't look so smug,' says Johanna. 'We'll kill you anyway.

I can't control the naysayers. I can control my attitude and work ethic and determination and that's what I'm focused on now.