In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.
Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
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.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
