The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Every aquarium will eventually leak.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
