Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
Good is that which elevates the mind and evil is that which degrades the mind. Social virtue and vice are temporal entities; they have nothing to do with your relationship with the Supreme.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
A man, who realises the potential of his mind by means of introspection and contemplation, does not lack self-confidence. He has control over his mind and he is able to realise its full potential.
Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts as Columbus to his own soul.
As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion overriding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
To trust a stranger without investigation invites troubles so endless that even descendants must endure them. To rust a man who has not been tested and to suspect a man who has proven trustworthy lead alike to endless ills.
