When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

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

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

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

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

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

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.