You always admire what you really don't understand.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.