For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

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

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.