Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

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

I think, therefore I am.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.