The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

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.

Time wounds all heels.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.