Resist much. Obey little.
A man is literally what he thinks.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
A friend to all is a friend to none
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
A person who spends more than he earns is a fool
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
What can't be cured must be endured.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.