Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.
I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
A friend to all is a friend to none
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Intelligence is a moral category.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.