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

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

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.

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

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

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.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

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.

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

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.