In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

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

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

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