Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.
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.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
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.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.