Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

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

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

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

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

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.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.