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

Compassion is the basis of morality.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

All great achievements require time.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Never put off for tomorrow, what you can do today.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

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

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

A man is literally what he thinks.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

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.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.