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.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

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

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Criticize the act, not the person.

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

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

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Wisdom is not the product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.