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

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

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

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

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.