Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar
He who injures living beings is not noble. He is called noble because he is gentle and kind towards all living beings.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
The presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses.
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred, defeats.
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
We cannot escape history.
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
Property is the fruit of labor... Labor is superior to capital and deserves much the higher consideration.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.
If there is a worse place than hell, I am in it.
