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.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a general natural law

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

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.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.