I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.

I will be kind to everybody, particularly to those whom I find troublesome.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody else will.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations is really an uncreative mind.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Frightened of change? But what can exist without it?

If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us.

Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.

The ultimate truth of who you are is not I am this or I am that, but I Am.

Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.

Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life’s blossoming.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Self-care is never a selfish act – it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.

Superficial goals lead to superficial results

Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.

I always entertain great hopes.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Only cowards hide behind silence.

You know everybody has something to say. I’ll be worried when they say nothing.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Don’t wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

Human nature is almost unbelievably malleable, responding accurately and contrastingly to contrasting cultural conditions.

The only way to be absolutely safe is to never try anything for the first time.

Never let making a profit stand in the way of doing the right thing.

We shouldn’t be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.

No one wins a war. It is true, there are degrees of loss, but no one wins.

As you focus on calming your breathing, your anxiety will quickly reduce and you will start to think clearly again. This is especially important if you feel a panic attack coming on.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Believe in love’s infinite journey, for it is your own, for you are love. Love is life

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you’ve never had.

Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.

A quiet man is either planning his success or in unthinkable pain.

You have to be odd to be number one.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Simply wait, be quiet, still. The world will freely offer itself to you.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.