Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Appearances often are deceiving.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

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

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

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

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

All great achievements require time.