If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

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

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Resist much. Obey little.

Desire is the very essence of man.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

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

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.