True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist