What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
Love is the absence of judgment.
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large – I contain multitudes.
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
He that can have patience can have what he will.
Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
You may delay, but time will not.