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

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

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

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

The lie is a condition of life.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.