Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

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

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

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

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.