What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

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

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

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.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

All great achievements require time.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

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

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

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.