"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."

"I've realized that being happy is a choice."

"If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is."

"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life."

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."

"There is no learning without remembering."

"Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."

"How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him?"

"In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine."

"Those who want fewest things are nearest to the Gods."

"The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul."

"What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be."

"Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise."

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."

"Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults."