Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
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.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
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.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.