Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle
Appearances often are deceiving.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.