No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

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

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Resist much. Obey little.

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

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

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

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

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

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.