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

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

Time wounds all heels.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

Appearances often are deceiving.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

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

Wisdom begins at the end.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

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.