Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

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

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Think globally, act locally.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.