One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
Be curious, not judgmental.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
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.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.