One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

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

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

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

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.

Intelligence is a moral category.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.