Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

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

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.