He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Intelligence is a moral category.
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
A person who spends more than he earns is a fool
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.
We never see ourselves as others see us.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
The greatest power we have is the power of choice.