I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

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.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

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

Time wounds all heels.

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

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.