All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Moonlight is sculpture.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us to forget their existence.

History has been stolen from us and replaced with guilt inducing lies.

A father should do more - a father should give more to his children than he takes.

In the heart of consciousness is subjectivity, this sense of having a self that observes one's own organism and the world around that organism. That is really the heart of consciousness.

Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.

I have to confess I can't have the holiday season without "Hard Candy Christmas". For some reason, it makes me think of the sticky ribbon candy bowl my mid-western grandma always had.

To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

No matter who you are, you have the nature and capacity for leadership.

Every single second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment you can change the way you feel.

To be everywhere is to be nowhere.