Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Once you label me you negate me.
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
A charming woman… doesn’t follow the crowd. She is herself.
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
It is impossible to love and to be wise.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
