As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
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.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
The object of the superior man is truth.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.
I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.