If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.