“Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.”

They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.

If you don’t want to do something,don’t impose on others.

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you.

To stand emotionally open before the world & give of our hearts without fear of hurt or demand of reciprocity – this is the ultimate act of human courage.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.

It’s only through honesty and courage that science can work at all. The Ptolemaic understanding of the solar system was undermined and corrected by the constant pressure of more and more honest reporting.

There comes a time in the lives of those destined for greatness when we must stand before the mirror of meaning and ask: Why, having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice?

Medication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.