Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.
Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
Desire is the very essence of man.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
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.
One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.
