Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

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

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

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

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

All great achievements require time.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

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

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.