Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
None but ourselves can free our minds.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
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.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic
