Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

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

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.