He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
By far the most significant event in finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion of financial derivatives.
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
Mum always taught us that compassion and kindness were the most important things in life, that it was better to be kind than right.
The ego says, ‘I shouldn’t have to suffer,’ and that thought makes you suffer so much more. It is a distortion of the truth, which is always paradoxical. The truth is that you need to say yes to suffering before you can transcend it.