All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
A friend to all is a friend to none
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.