“If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.”

Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.

Don’t stumble over something behind you.

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.

No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.

After death there is nothing.

Find a path or make one.

A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.

To govern was to serve, not to rule.

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

There is no genius without a touch of madness.

Make your own decision, based on your deepest intuitive wisdom and knowledge. You may make the right decision or the wrong one, but whatever happens, it is your best shot, and you will strengthen your capacity for future action.

You are either withholding your love in fear or giving your deepest gifts.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

If four of you are playing hide and seek you’ll only ever find the other three. For you are already right here. So what on earth is it that you’re looking for? You are the very thing that you seek.

A feeling deliciously bitter lingers on my tongue. It’s sharp relish urges me to keep my mouth shut and my conscience clear. Though how can one act so when one’s veins are stuffed with what’s not said before?

Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things.

I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.

Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.