Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world
All values must be won by contest, and after they have been won, they must be defended.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.
I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
At the end of the day, it's all about money.
When the sun sets, candle starts seeing itself like the sun!
Don't allow any set back to become bigger than your come back
One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
I not only think but also look and study things carefully. When I travel around, I look at things carefully, make comparisons of what I see. I don't accept things at face value, you cannot trust what you hear or see. Don't jump to conclusions without thinking.
All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.
Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.
We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.
they thought I had guts they were wrong I was only frightened of more important things
If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.
Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God's word fit in?
In the desert you become a discoverer. You discover your soul, which had been submerged in vain pursuits, which had been lost in the coils and toils of modern life. You discover your kinship with nature and man, which is evoked by the naturalness and the gentle humanity of the natives of the desert, and you will also discover God.
Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.
There's a place in you that you must keep inviolate. You must keep it pristine. Clean. So that nobody has a right to curse you or treat you badly. Nobody. No mother, father, no wife, no husband, no-nobody. You have to have a place where you say: 'Stop it. Back up. Don't you know I'm a child of God?
Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever.
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
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