The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

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

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

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

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

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'.

You want a love which is born out of meditation, not born out of the mind.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

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

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.