A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.

Remember that many "negative" people were conditioned by people with smaller minds and hearts, so forgive them.

Nonviolence aims at doing no harm to living being. Compassion aims at doing good to all being.

Would the mountain cherry blossoms return my affection for there is no one else out here. /もろともに あはれと思へ 山桜 花よりほかに 知る人もなし

Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.

Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.

We are eating, using up, and possessing more than we should. That is why a large portion of the human population is hungry.

This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.

The illegal trade in apes has little to do with poverty. It is instead generated by the rich and powerful.

Bravery isn't what you do so much as how you look back at what you did.