No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

The object of the superior man is truth.

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.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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