Small things make perfection, but perfection is no small thing.

Treat others the way you want to be treated.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.

Where there is love there is life.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right... think about such things.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real liberty is liberty from fear.

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The tongue is a sharp sword, but it kills without drawing blood.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices in those which he has.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Reason is the natural light of the soul.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

The root of joy is gratefulness.

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. That is how we cultivate mindfulness.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

To rule your mind or it will rule you.

To study philosophy is to learn how to die.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Character is destiny.

One kind word can warm three winter months.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.

What you seek is seeking you.

The tree that is slow to grow bears the best fruit.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

The further backward you can look, the further forward you are likely to see.

Moderation in all things.

As you sow, so shall you reap.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.

The deeper the roots, the higher the reach.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty.

The journey not the arrival matters.

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

If you are at peace with yourself, you are at peace with the world.

Inquiry is human; blind obedience is for beasts.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

The more you know, the less you need to show.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

Your own heart is the world's best teacher.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Hope is a waking dream.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

No man ever steps in the same river twice.

He who is content is rich.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.

The best mirror is an old friend.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

A wise man carries his possessions within him.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Patience is the key to paradise.

Great talkers are never great doers.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

The earth has music for those who listen.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A wise man makes his own decisions; an ignorant man follows public opinion.

Character is built in the silence between our actions.

Everything is beautiful, but not everyone sees it.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.