Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

All great achievements require time.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

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

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

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.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

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

Don't criticize what you can't understand.