Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

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

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

So whenever a Western seeker reaches to an understanding that ego is the problem, he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

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