I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

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.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Resist much. Obey little.

What's done can't be undone.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.