I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

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

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

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

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character