Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

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

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.