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

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

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

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.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

For we walk by faith, not by sight

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.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

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

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.