Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

I change my mind a lot. I usually don’t agree with what I say very much. I’m an awful liar.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

I always wanted a great love affair: something that feels big and full, really honest, and enough. No moment should feel slight, false, or a little off. For me, it had to be everything.

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

I can never say ‚why‘ about anything I do. I suppose I can say ‚how‘ and ‚when‘ and ‚what.‘ But ‚why‘ is impenetrable to me.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

No one knows Anne’s better side, and that’s why most people can’t stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that, everyone’s had enough of me to last a month.

One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

For me, my secularism is, India first. I say, the philosophy of my party is ‚Justice to all. Appeasement to none.‘ This is our secularism.

An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.

I don’t look at myself as a commodity, but I’m sure a lot of people have.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

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

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.

I thought I would be a guy on the radio.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That’s not a guess, it’s a guarantee. With pride, it’s not a matter of ‚if‘ we will fall, but ‚when.‘ There are no exceptions.

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.

I’ve learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you’d talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.

I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We’ve been so busy damning ourselves for years. We’ve done it all, and yet we don’t take credit for it.

I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

What goes up must come down.

I don’t think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

I really didn’t consider myself happy or unhappy.

There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

Somewhere deep down there’s a decent man in me, he just can’t be found.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

I guess every single word I’ve ever said is going to be dissected now.

The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I’m not trying to be anyone’s savior. I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

There’s a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man’s being unable to sit still in a room.

It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard.

Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.