Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey’s end.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.

We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

I think we need more idiot control.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

I’m not good at talking about myself.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

Know that any and all thoughts that you have regarding your own skills, interests, and inclinations are valid. To reinforce the validity of your thoughts, keep them private. Tell yourself that they’re between you and God.

I am just one human being.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Fear is the mother of morality.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

I can’t jump the highest. I’m obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other’s faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

What one fool can understand, another can.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

It is always your next move.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?