If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

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