What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.