Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

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

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

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

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

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.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.