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

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

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

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

A precedent embalms a principle.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Think globally, act locally.

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

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