Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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

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

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

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.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else's set of questions but never your own.

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