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.

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

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

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

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

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.