If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Wisdom begins at the end.