Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved!

That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything,

but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary,

which are less necessary,

and which are complet...

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself.

The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts

Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person