Appearances often are deceiving.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

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

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.