The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

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.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

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

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

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

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.