Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
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.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
A person who spends more than he earns is a fool
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
