Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever.
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.
Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.
The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
Imagine craving absolutely nothing from the world. Imagine cutting the invisible strings that so painfully bind us: what would that be like? Imagine the freedoms that come from the ability to enjoy things without having to acquire them, own them, possess them. Try to envision a relationship based on acceptance and genuine care rather than expectation. Imagine feeling completely satisfied and content with your life just as it is. Who wouldn't want this? This is the enjoyment of non-attachment.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
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