To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

The object of the superior man is truth.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

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

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.