None but ourselves can free our minds.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.
Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.
Appearances often are deceiving.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.