I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

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

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

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

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

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

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

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.