It is tact that is golden, not silence.

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

So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

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

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Criticize the act, not the person.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.