For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
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.
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.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
