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.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

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

You always admire what you really don't understand.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

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

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

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

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

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

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.