There is a little gland in the brain in which the soul exercises its functions in a more particular way than in the other parts.

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?

Nothing succeeds like indifference to success.

Today is the only day in which we have any power.

Music is what our soul sounds like when it sings.

Being in touch with your strengths and weaknesses, as well as what motivates you, will help you be more successful in your job.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

The seasons run with swift feet.

Aimwell: Then you understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, as the saying is, but he talks it so very fast that I'm sure it must be good.

A good culture in a hospital can absorb and manage a few bad nurses, but once the culture becomes bad in itself, bad nursing practice is much harder to hide.

One must always have in mind one simple fact - there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.

In England, life is a long process of composing oneself.