In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

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

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

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

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

The lie is a condition of life.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.