Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.
And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
What can't be cured must be endured.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.