All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.
There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
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.
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.
I think, therefore I am.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!
Be curious, not judgmental.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.