Berkeley, George

"We are not deceived by appearances, but by our judgments of them."

"Liberty is not the power to do what one wishes, but to do what one ought."

"In the tempest of human passion, reason is the safe harbor."

"The educated man sees connections where the ignorant sees only facts."

"To love without hope is the greatest love of all."

"Power derived from virtue is lasting; power derived from force is fleeting."

"The path to wisdom is always under construction."

"In nature, there is no blemish but the mind."

"True strength lies in the ability to control one's passions."

"The greatest deception is the deception of self."

"Man is a creature of habit and imagination."

"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

"The purpose of learning is not to accumulate facts, but to develop wisdom."

"In the matter of faith, we are the equals of philosophers."

"Hope is the nurse of the virtues."

"The real world is the world of ideas."

"To understand another, one must first understand oneself."

"Freedom without virtue is chaos."

"The work of art is the expression of the artist's vision of truth."

"All knowledge is relative to the mind that perceives it."

"Despair is the only thing to despair about."

"The universe is the expression of divine thought."

"In conversation, listen more than you speak."

"The best education is that which teaches how to think, not what to think."

"Virtue is its own reward, and vice its own punishment."

"The mind grows by exercise in the company of great minds."

"All things are possible to him that believeth."

"True eloquence is the art of saying much in few words."

"The passive mind is the slave of circumstance."

"Beauty arises from harmony and proportion."