In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

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

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?