A woman seldom writes her Mind but in her Postscript.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.

Life is wonderful so love deeply. Life is short so live it intensely.

Every thought is a creative energy that moves the universe to action.

Take the road to contradiction, it'll lead you, I promise, to the palace of wisdom.

At the end of meditation period we always bow and we touch our head to the floor and say "Buddha's name be praised."

Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.

The scholars must become workers so the workers may be scholars.

Songwriting never feels like it's me doing anything consciously except for becoming aware somehow that it's time to let something out, or let something in, depending on how you look at it.

We must be free inside to make a difference outside.

Critics hang around and wait for others to make mistakes. But the real doers of the world have not time for criticizing others. They are too busy doing, making mistakes, improving, making progress.