A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

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

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

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

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

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

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

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.