It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
Be curious, not judgmental.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
