I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
