The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
Only idiots refuse to change their minds.
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
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.
Resist much. Obey little.
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care