“Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.”

The first and best victory is to conquer self.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Man is a being in search of meaning.

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.

But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.

We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Part of our job as human beings is to share our knowledge and share the things we’ve learned. So we can either save people from making the same mistakes, or give them hope.

In truth, Freud sees nothing and understands nothing.

My father always told me that. Nobody knows anything, so don’t listen to anyone else.

There are no incurable diseases – only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs – only the lack of knowledge.

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Since no one really knows anything about God, those who think they do are just troublemakers.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beginnings; nor completed except by knowledge of its accidents and accompanying essentials.