Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

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

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.