He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

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

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

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

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

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

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Wisdom begins at the end.

If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

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

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.