Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
Only idiots refuse to change their minds.
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
A person who spends more than he earns is a fool
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle
