An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

A precedent embalms a principle.