The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy