Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

We think too much and feel too little.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.