Compassion is the basis of morality.
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.