The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

In a brain scan, relational pain—that caused by isolation during punishment—can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in the corner the best place for your child?

Few of us ever touch eternity, and if we do, it is not in the ways we expect.

Life in this village is like that of a louse hanging on to a wrinkle in a loincloth.

Most people just ‘hope’ to meet their targets, while few have clear and strong intention hence they achieve it.

If I go away, I take a little picture of my son. It's in a frame with a speaker, and he recorded a birthday message for me when he was nine or 10. I can't listen to it without filling up.

My fascination is broadly with biology and the fact that our increased understanding of biology allows for breakthroughs in a broad set of diseases.

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

A walk in the woods is only an exalted dream.

That's what hell must be like, small chat to the babbling of Lethe about the good old days when we wished we were dead.

I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.