In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

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

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

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

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.

None but ourselves can free our minds.