For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

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

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

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Appearances often are deceiving.

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

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

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

What's done can't be undone.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

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

Intelligence is a moral category.