Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Wisdom begins at the end.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

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

Desire is the very essence of man.

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.