The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).
When someone loves you, the way they talk – about you is different. You feel safe & comfortable.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books via ough your skin, without even opening them.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.Â
