“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.”

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.”

“To find yourself, think for yourself.”

“Those who tell the stories rule society.”

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”

“Speech is the mirror of the mind.”

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.”

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”

“There is no harm in repeating a good thing.”

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”

“Ideas are the source of all things.”

“An unexamined life is not worth living.”

“Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself.”

“Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”