You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

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

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

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

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!