Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others; and let him teach by example before teaching by word. For he who teaches himself and rectifies his own ways is more deserving of respect and reverence than he who would teach others and rectify their ways.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness.