I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
You know very well that I no longer think. I am far too intelligent for that.
Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to belittle or condescend or to show arrogance toward their beliefs.
We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.