He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

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

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

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

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

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

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Think globally, act locally.

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.