Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

A friend to all is a friend to none

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

All great achievements require time.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.