Abide at the center of your being; for the more you leave it, the less you learn.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.

No man is born unto himself alone; who lives unto himself, he lives to none.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.

One can acquire everything in solitude—except character.

The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.

The clearest way in the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction.

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