Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

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

Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

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?

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

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

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.