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.

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

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

Take care of the pieces well. The whole will take care of itself.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.