The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

All the learnin‘ my father paid for was a bit o‘ birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‚Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.

Time discovers truth.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Silence is the mother of truth.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life… Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

What you’re seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they’re directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society.

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

If we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

One Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

It’s difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn’t available.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

A lot of truth is said in jest.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

A lie cannot live.

Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating… because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

Lord keep us all from sin. Teach us how to walk circumspectly; enable us to guard our minds against error of doctrine, our hearts against wrong feelings, and our lives against evil actions.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.