Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.
Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
Intelligence is a moral category.
Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Think globally, act locally.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.