"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom."

"I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back."

"The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience."

"Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness."

"The one thing that is necessary is to overcome the evil that is in us."