Let him who would move the world first move himself.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

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.

Time wounds all heels.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

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

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.