The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

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

The lie is a condition of life.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

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

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

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

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

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

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.