Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

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.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

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

If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

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.

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

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

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

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.