Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

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

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

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

Time wounds all heels.

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.