All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

A friend to all is a friend to none

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.