At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

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

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Think globally, act locally.

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.