The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.

Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.

Never judge a work of art by its defects.

Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other.

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.

No man knows himself as an original.

The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

Make no man your idol, for the best man must have faults; and his faults will insensibly become yours, in addition to your own.

Make optimum use of every second that passes daily

You are lovelier than all the roses in the world.

Two decades of virtually uninterrupted fighting had made even the most dignified structures appear drunken, wounded, or lost. The entire city seemed to affirm the notion that warfare is a disease.

Don't live in the castles

It’s a real handicap to have a face with shifty eyes.

Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother's milk.

You can't control the success or failure of a thing you work on. You can only control the thing you work on.

Christ doesn't keep score. It's not about what you do here. It's about the person you are. It's about your faith. That's one thing that I'd like for young kids or anybody to know.

To want not to want, you'll tie yourself in knots. So this is why the Tibetans always say, just relax the mind and open.

When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies.