The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

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

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

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

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Resist much. Obey little.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

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

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.