Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.
A man is literally what he thinks.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.