Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

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.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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

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

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.