Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

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

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

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

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

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

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!