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!

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Time wounds all heels.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

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

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

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

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.