Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would solve most the worlds problems.
The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.
No wise man ever wished to be younger.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
If everything's under control, you're going too slow.
If there's only one answer, then this must not be a very interesting topic.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
“An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves.”