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.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
Time wounds all heels.
What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
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.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
