All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first
I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little
I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
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.
Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.
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.
