Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

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

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

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.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

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

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Judge not unless you judge yourself.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Those who can not change their minds can not change anything.