I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
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.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
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
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.