Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
Intelligence is a moral category.
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
