We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.

We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.

Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.

We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.

The days on which one has been the most inquisitive are among the days on which one has been happiest.

In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.