Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Think globally, act locally.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

What's done can't be undone.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

I think, therefore I am.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

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