Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

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

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

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.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.