The unsuspected is the daily fare of the traveler in Thibet.

To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.

Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?

Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.

The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.

Nature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious inner feelings and mysterious foreknowledge.

One must be very strong, or very stupid, or completely exhausted to face life with indifference.

As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that it cannot violate the freedom of my soul.

Very few of us are capable of being Free Thinkers, needing neither to adore nor to insult God, the insult often being an act of faith more profound than adoration.

Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

She speaks in heartbeats and the rises of her chest, words forever seared in thoughts that will never rest.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.

I'll be very busy, which is all I need.

I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small...

Less is more, unless you're Al Gore.

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who never learned to love. Chess, like love and music, has the ability of making people happy.

Enough no more; Tis not so sweet now as it was before.