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

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Be curious, not judgmental.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

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.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Wisdom begins at the end.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.