Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

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

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

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

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

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

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

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

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.