Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
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.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
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.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Only idiots refuse to change their minds.
