Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first
Be curious, not judgmental.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
