The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Wisdom begins at the end.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.
The lie is a condition of life.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
