Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

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

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

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

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

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

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

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.