Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Have the courage to rise from the challenges of life like a phoenix from the flames or you'll get lost in the ashes of despair, pain, and regret.

One avoids Creolisms. Some families completely forbid Creole and mothers ridicule their children for speaking it.

As understanding deepens, the further removed it becomes from knowledge.

Being rich and coming from a distinguished family background doesn't guarantee happiness, Abby. In fact, it might make happiness harder to find because you have to live up to akk that expectation.

Design is a tool that either allows us to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.

Science is conservative and one of the reasons science is conservative is science is trying to play it safe.

I enjoy it when the world smiles; the more smiles, the warmer I am.

When everyone thinks alike, no one is doing very much thinking.

I'm sorry you're so unhappy as a person that you feel the need to say things that you would never understand [to a paparazzi]

If you happen to capture my imagination for some reason and I decide to write about you and you don't like what I wrote about you, which is entirely possible, then yes, I'm a dangerous writer.