Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Be happy, but never satisfied.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.