Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
There is nothing permanent except change. Nothing is permanent except change. The only constant is change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging.
Nothing is constant except change.
But now I am six. And I’m clever as clever. And now I think I’ll stay six now forever and ever.
Keep an open mind; it’s the only way new things can get in.
Ideas are bulletproof.
There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.
We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.
Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.
Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter.
I’d rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.
There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.
Why climb Mount Everest? Because it’s there.
The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.
A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.
Less is more.
None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!