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

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Your inner world has its own taste, has its own fragrance, has its own light. And it is utterly silent.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

Think globally, act locally.

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.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.