He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.
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.
It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
Nothing is as easy as it looks.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.
I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.