The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

Criticize the act, not the person.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

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

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

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

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.