- The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
- We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.
- Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
- Absorb what is useful, disregard the rest.
- You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
- By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
- Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
- Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.
- We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
- Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
- A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
- The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
- Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
- Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
- Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.
- The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
