Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I read more

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the
highest flight of human wisdom.

The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the
highest flight of human wisdom.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, read more

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

If someone says "can't," that shows you what to do.

If someone says "can't," that shows you what to do.

Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at
fifteen your double, and after that, your friend read more

Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at
fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe depending on
his bringing up.

The reason we feel hurt and anger when things and people outside us let
us down is because we believe read more

The reason we feel hurt and anger when things and people outside us let
us down is because we believe those things and people shouldn't. Well,
sorry, that's not life here on earth.

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as read more

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us.

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.

We who lived in the concentration camps can remember
the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away read more

We who lived in the concentration camps can remember
the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their
last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer
sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:
The last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set
of circumstances, to choose one's own way.