Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.