The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

The lie is a condition of life.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

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

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

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

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

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

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.