Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.

Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way?

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.

What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

Esteem to your higher self.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.

If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.

If you compromise your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.