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.
The cure for pain is in the pain.
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
