When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

Reasoning is never, like poetry, judged from the outside at all.

To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.

If you learn how to make fun of yourself, your ego will go down.

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

It's amazing how much 'mature wisdom' resembles being too tired.

Ego is even worse than dirt and filth because it attacks others.

Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

The ascent is the aim of your life and to perfect it is your job.

There's no right. There's no wrong. There's only popular opinion.

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.

It's the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

The way of heaven can be known and experienced through the heart.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Words are the pen of the heart, but music is the pen of the soul.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

If love is killed, joy is lost. You cannot have joy without love.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.

In creating technology for ourselves we created it for the world.

A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.

Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Not a single creature on earth has more or less right to be here.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning.

We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.

On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.

Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

There are places on earth where we can catch a glimpse of heaven.

It's OK to be down in the dumps - just don't stay there too long.

Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

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