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

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

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

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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.

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

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.