One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.

Genuine love should first be directed at oneself ? if we do not love ourselves, how can we love others?

Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.