All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

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.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Resist much. Obey little.

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

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.