None but ourselves can free our minds.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

What's done can't be undone.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

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

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.