If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Resist much. Obey little.

A precedent embalms a principle.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

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

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

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

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.