I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

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

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

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

All great achievements require time.

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