You always admire what you really don't understand.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

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

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

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

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

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.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.