Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.