It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

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

I mistrust the judgement of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

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

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

A man is literally what he thinks.

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.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

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

If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

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