People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.

A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind.

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

Are not all things which have opposites generated out of their opposites?