It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

For we walk by faith, not by sight

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

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

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

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

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.