Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

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

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

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.