“The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.”

“Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise.”

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.”

“A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. When his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say: We did this ourselves.”

“He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.”

“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.”

“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”

“There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for.”

“For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. So, let us be alert — alert in a twofold sense: Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.”

“If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death.”

“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”