If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

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

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

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.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.