I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

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 use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

I think, therefore I am.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

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

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Desire is the very essence of man.

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.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.