He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

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

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.