What can't be cured must be endured.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

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

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

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