It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

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

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

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

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

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

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

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

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.