A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
Resist much. Obey little.
What's done can't be undone.
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.
So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.
When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.