The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human be

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

Let your life lightly dance on the edge of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America.

Some mountains appear when seawater recedes.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. 

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.