Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.

Every revolution was thought first in one man's mind.

Every man is hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person, whatever he says has an enhanced value.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.

Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live.

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

Children are all foreigners.

Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience...

As we grow old…the beauty steals inward.

All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.