A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

What we think, we become.

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

There are those who will resent you for not being confined by their limitations.

Amazon is a corporation, not a philanthropic trust dedicated to the production of works of art and literature.

Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak. We are far too easily pleased.

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

I couldn't direct traffic. It's hard enough just acting.

I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived.

Obama has been the most lawless president we've ever had.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.