The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

I think, therefore I am.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

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

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Be curious, not judgmental.