Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
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.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
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.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.
Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.