Every mountain you climb requires moments in solitude.

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against our faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by tellings against ourselves.

Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task.

The whole universe is contained within a single human being—you.

Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!

I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.

There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do things, we can accomplish those goals.

I have arrived. I am home in the here, in the now. I am solid. I am free. In the ultimate I dwell.

Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back forever upon himself alone and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within solitude of his own heart.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad.

I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.