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

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

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

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

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

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.