The object of the superior man is truth.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

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

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

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 reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

The cure for pain is in the pain.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact