Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

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.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

The lie is a condition of life.

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

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Time wounds all heels.