There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

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.

Criticize the act, not the person.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.