Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

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.

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

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

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.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

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

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.