Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

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.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law