To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.

In this market every head has a different fancy: everyone winds his turban in a different fashion.

Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.

The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.

The wave is ignorant of the true nature of the sea: how can the temporal comprehend the eternal?

Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.

Peace is in proportion to every pause: observe the difference between to run, to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie, to die.

The life of this transitory world is the expectation of death: to renounce life is to escape from the expectation of annihilation.

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.

What does it profit you that all the libraries of the world should be yours? Not knowledge but what one does with knowledge is your profit.

The march of good fortune has backward slips: to retreat one or two paces gives wings to the jumper.

Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.

The stigma of mental illness is first and foremost a social justice issue!

The reality you experience is a reflection of what you believe is most possible.

It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.

It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing is taking the instrument out of the case. To begin is to be half done!

The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.

Morality is the tendency to pour out the baby with the bathwater.

Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject.

How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what's already yours?

Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly.