No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.