We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Wisdom begins at the end.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

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

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

I have no desire to make windows into mens souls

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

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.