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!

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

All great achievements require time.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

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

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.