I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

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.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.