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

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

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

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

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

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

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

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.