Subconscious

"The better part of valour is discretion."

All that glitters is not gold.

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. This is the fundamental difference between them: one is confident, the other doubts and therefore grows.

Don't educate children, they will resemble you anyway. Educate yourself. Children don't listen to what you say, they look at who you are. The best upbringing is personal example, not a tedious lecture.

You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. First we make our habits, then our habits make us.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Nothing shows a person's character more than what they laugh at.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

The only person you should compare yourself to is the person you were in the past.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

The ability to find joy in the little things is not immaturity. It is the pinnacle of a mature psyche that has realized that great happiness consists of tiny moments of "feeling good."

Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is there adequate perception of the world.

A person who reads is a person who knows how to be alone with themselves in any crowd. And they are never bored.

I don’t get offended by people; I just change my opinion of them. You can forgive a person, but after that, they become a stranger to you.

I think that the more a person loves, the more they want to act: the love that is only a feeling, I would never call true love.