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

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Criticize the act, not the person.

So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.