Wisdom

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...is to have succeeded.

All thinking men are atheists.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

Lock up your libraries if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

It is not down in any map; true places never are.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

You will always make the right decision, if you listen to your heart.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

The journey is the thing.

But even the bravest cannot fight beyond his strength.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.