The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

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.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

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

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.