In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

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

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

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