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From childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.

Hasten slowly.

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

A meeting between two people who complete each other, who are made for each other, borders already, in my opinion, on a miracle.

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

I want to know God's thoughts. The rest are details.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

He is richest who is content with the least.

I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.