Lean too much upon the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns.

The key to success isn't much good until one discovers the right lock to insert it in.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

The West can teach the East how to get a living, but the East must eventually be asked to show the West how to live.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article.

Prudence is sometimes stretched too far, until it blocks the road of progress.

If the world knew how to use freedom without abusing it, tyranny would not exist.

The schools of the country are its future in miniature.

A road that does not lead to other roads always has to be retraced, unless the traveller chooses to rust at the end of it.

Harmony would lose its attractiveness if it did not have a background of discord.

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.

Σῶμα ὑγιές ἐν νοῦν ὑγιῆ ~ A healthy body, within a healthy mind

Tension is a prerequisite for creative living.

I don't do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision.

The universe is not only queerer than we suppose; it is queerer than we can suppose

Our peaceful non-co-operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love.

I don't for a minute think that Hitler is like Joan of Arc. But I think that at that deep level of tropisms, Hitler or Stalin must have experienced the same tropisms as anyone else.

My heart rushes into the garden, joyfully tasting all the delights. But reason frowns, disapproving of the heart's bad manners.

I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life’s essential absurdity.

Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, "I loved you last night." And they go, "What about the week before?" They immediately worry.