The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
The object of the superior man is truth.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
We never see ourselves as others see us.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
