There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

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.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Resist much. Obey little.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

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

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

What's done can't be undone.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

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

The object of the superior man is truth.