Think globally, act locally.
A friend to all is a friend to none
I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.
Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.