Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

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

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

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

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

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

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

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

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.