Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

The lie is a condition of life.

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

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

I think, therefore I am.

Criticize the act, not the person.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

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

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

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

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.