There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

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

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

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

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.