What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.
Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Desire is the very essence of man.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact
It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
