Compassion is the basis of morality.

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

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.