I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

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.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

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

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

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