The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

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

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.