Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

The lie is a condition of life.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

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

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

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.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

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.