It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

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

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.