“Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.”

I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.

People go into things for the wrong reasons.

Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.

Nothing is given to you.

The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.

Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.

For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”

What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.

Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.

When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.

There’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.

It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent

Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort.

A woman’s education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.

Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.

Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

I’m not an educator. I’m a learner.

Education is the path to revelation.

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

Only the educated are free.