It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

Many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me. But in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen. If I could keep today’s happiness I wouldn’t worry about tomorrow.

I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.

I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

The real secret of happiness is simply this: to be willing to live and let live, and to know very clearly in one's own mind that the unpardonable sin is to be an unpleasant person.

Like bees creating a beehive or ants creating an anthill we're all moving along creating something and we're not sure what it is.

What is today a matter of academic speculation begins tomorrow to move armies and pull down empires.

Those who don't build must burn.

Wealth is thoughts, not things.

If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.

It gets to be 2 a.m., and they hand you a bottle of whipped cream and some syrup and things start getting silly.