A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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

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

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Resist much. Obey little.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

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

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

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Criticize the act, not the person.