All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

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

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.