A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
We never see ourselves as others see us.
Appearances often are deceiving.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.