They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least.

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.

Never give up. May hope be your anchor.

Those who make objectivity a religion are liars. they are scared of human pain. They dont want to be objective, it's a lie: they want to be objects, so as not to suffer.

All human beings are born entrepreneurs. Some get a chance to unleash that capacity. Some never got the chance, never knew that he or she has that capacity.

If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.

The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.

Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth." -Taleswapper

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.

When I teach, I try to assign writers from whom I can learn.