Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

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

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

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

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.