Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

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.

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

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

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

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.