Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

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

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

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

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

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

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

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

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

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.