The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

A friend to all is a friend to none

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

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.

The object of the superior man is truth.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

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

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

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.