The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

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

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.