I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

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

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

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

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

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

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.