Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because I never felt I belonged among children whose minds were so much simpler than mine.
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
If not me, who? And if not now, when?
The possible ranks higher than the actual.
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
I do not seek. I find.
The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.
