Criticize the act, not the person.

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

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

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.

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

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

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Appearances often are deceiving.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

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

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

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

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.