It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
I have no desire to make windows into mens souls
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Resist much. Obey little.
