The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

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

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

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

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

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

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.