We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.
Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.