The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between senses and the mind.

Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so act toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

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

When civil fury first grew high, and men fell out they knew not why.

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life. . . To seek a total unity is wrong. To give as much meaning to one’s life as possible is right to me.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.

Everything you say should be true but not everything true should be said.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

The more I study science the more I believe in God.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

It is an ecological, theological, and biological reality: The more we are in tune with eternal nature, the more we will be able to hear the still small voice within and have explosions of inspirational insight.

The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and . . . each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined or the insect, as well for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

True strength lies in gentleness.

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.