An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
We never see ourselves as others see us.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
The object of the superior man is truth.