Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
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.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character