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

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

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

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

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.