The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

All great achievements require time.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

The object of the superior man is truth.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

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.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

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.