Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
A precedent embalms a principle.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.
The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.