You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

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

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

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

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool