Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

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

Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.