Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
The lie is a condition of life.
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.