We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

All great achievements require time.

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

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

Appearances often are deceiving.

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

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

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

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.