To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

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

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

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

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.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

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