Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; 

doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

Don't become a mere recorder of facts, 

but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, 

all crime in the end is the crime of the community.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. 

As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, 

so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, 

and to be esteemed polite oneself.

For every complex problem 

there is an answer that is clear, simple, and 

wrong.

Be still when you have nothing to say; 

when genuine passion moves you, 

say what you've got to say, 

and say it hot.

Humility is not cowardice. 

Meekness is not weakness. 

Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

You have to remind people of their own struggles. 

It's a responsibility.

I am patient with stupidity 

but not with those who are proud of it.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Free the child's potential, 

and you will transform him into the world.

My dreams were all my own; 

I accounted for them to nobody; 

they were my refuge when annoyed

 — my dearest pleasure when free.