Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

A precedent embalms a principle.

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

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

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.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Intelligence is a moral category.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.