Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
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 place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
A precedent embalms a principle.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
