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

Resist much. Obey little.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.