You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.
The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Intelligence is a moral category.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.