“Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.”

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.

Power is the near neighbour of necessity.

The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.

Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.

If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages.

Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work.

Study the greats and become greater.

Sex energy is the creative energy of all creative geniuses.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn’t I don’t care.