To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

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

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

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

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

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

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

Time wounds all heels.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.