If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

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

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

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

Time wounds all heels.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.