What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

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

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

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

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

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

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

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.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

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

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.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.