We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

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

Those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

The only real laughter comes from despair.

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

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.