But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

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

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

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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

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.

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

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.