Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. 

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

A few holes in your character can feel you down, but if you fill those holes with complete dedication, then no one can stop you from achieving the top position.

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.

Some appointments end up in disappointment.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you're supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. 

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. 

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.