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

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

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

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.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.