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

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Desire is the very essence of man.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.