Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Criticize the act, not the person.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

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

None but ourselves can free our minds.