Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

We have to acknowledge the progress we made, but understand that we still have a long way to go. That things are better, but still not good enough.

When we die nothing can be taken with us but the seeds of our life's work and our spiritual knowledge.

The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain - the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care for your mind, make friends with it, always feed it healthy food, engage it in positive activity, exercise it with knowledge and wisdom. Like a garden returns fragrance and beauty according to the care invested, so your mind will repay you with thoughts, ideas and visions of great beauty when tended and invested with care. Your mind is not made of matter but it does matter what you give it and what you create with it. Where your mind goes, you go. What your mind creates becomes your destiny.

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude.

The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Become more and more innocent, less knowledgeable and more childlike. Take life as fun - because that's precisely what it is!

Whatever knowledge we have, if we are not honest, we do not realise that we must look inside ourselves to find what needs to be changed. It is honesty that focuses our attention on ourselves, instead of others.

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, ''Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

Dont become a cockerel who can only crow knowledge. Practise what you preach.

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain - the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care for your mind, make friends with it, always feed it healthy food, engage it in positive activity, exercise it with knowledge and wisdom. Like a garden returns fragrance and beauty according to the care invested, so your mind will repay you with thoughts, ideas and visions of great beauty when tended and invested with care. Your mind is not made of matter but it does matter what you give it and what you create with it. Where your mind goes, you go. What your mind creates becomes your destiny.