Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

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

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

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

It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.

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

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.