It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

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

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

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

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

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.