"Conceit spoils the finest genius."

"But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here."

"When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding."

"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"

"When in doubt, choose to live."

"Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting."

"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves."

"Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect."

"Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted."

"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness."

"A man without words is a man without thought."

"The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, mysterious, impenetrable."

"Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling."

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."

"Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be."

"There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart."

"wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good."

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook."

"But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil."

"Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you secruity and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly."

"I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward."

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."