Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.
I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.