Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

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

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

All great achievements require time.

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

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.