I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

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

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

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.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

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.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

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

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

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

If you're happy, don't worry you'll get over it.