Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.
Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
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.
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.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.