You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.

Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

A beautiful mind is like a beautiful path! The more you travel with it, the more you find peace and happiness!

I can only run at pace of my breath.

Irrationality is the exclusive preserve of humans as among all creatures only we have the power to rationalise, that being the art of packaging patently irrational as apparently rational.

But don’t we all deserve a chance before we’re judged?

However much I doubted the man's ability to accomplish the task he had set himself, I could not help admiring his faith and his industry.

If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade.

If you don’t have ambition, you shouldn’t be alive

A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.

My beloved friend - one of the most unique and charming personalities of our time.

Love or hate me, I stay hate free They say we learn from mistakes, well, that's why they mistake me