It takes a great man to be a good listener.

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

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

A precedent embalms a principle.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

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

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.