Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

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

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.