When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
