We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
