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

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

Appearances often are deceiving.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

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

Be curious, not judgmental.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.

An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

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

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

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

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.