You don’t have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long time.
I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody’s that smart.
Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
I’ve read the last page of the Bible. It’s all going to turn out all right.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
You teach best what you most need to learn.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.