No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

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.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.