Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever?

Those true eyes, Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise, The sweet soul shining through them.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.

The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings. Grasp it firmly, it stings not.

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.

We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks.

We are our own fates.- Our deeds are our own doomsmen.- Man's life was made not for creeds but actions.

However we pass Time, he passes still, Passing away whatever the pastime, And, whether we use him well or ill, Some day he gives us the slip for the last time.

Do not think that years leave us and find us the same!

No true love there can be without Its dread penalty--jealousy.

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But one isn't loved every day.

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves.

There never was a good war, or a bad peace.

Everything is dependent upon your state of mind. That is all there is, states of mind, ten thousand of them. Beyond all states of mind is nirvana.

If you are afraid of other people take a martial arts class. The best way to overcome fear is learn to be proficient in martial arts.

I get totally out of myself. It's the closest I come to not existing, I think, which is the best - which is to me attractive.

The inference to which we are brought is that the causes of faction cannot be removed and that relief is only to be sought in the means of controlling its effects.

The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happened to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus.

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what you preach?

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.