Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom's face.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture

The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

future could be read much more clearly in the streets, factories, and barracks than in the morning press.

What about mold, " Tom reminded her. "Fuzziness on a girl is never attractive.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Obedience is the key to every door.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

I believe that no people ever yet groaned under the heavy yoke of slavery but when they deserved it.

It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs - because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told.

I put more pressure on myself to do well. I know how good I can be and I don't want to fall short of that.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.