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.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.
A person who spends more than he earns is a fool
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.
One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.