I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If all people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.

False leaders create followers by lying.

The purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human.

Perfect wisdom has four parts; Wisdom, the principle of doing things right. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.

If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Do not feel certain of anything.

Our life does not develop as a result of chance, but as a result of causes.

Dying is nothing. What is terrible is not to live.

In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the door.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.

Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

If you cannot be honest with yourself, there is no hope of being honest with anyone else.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

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

Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

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.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

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

Most people are on the world, not in it—have no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them—undiffused, separate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching but separate.

A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

To offend a strong man, tell him a lie. To offend a weak man, tell him the truth.