Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

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

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

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.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

Growing up changes morethan playground gamesand body shapes.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time.

It seemed Abe Vigoda's career was done until he was pronounced dead in print.

I've spent hundreds of hours working over words, and part of me, a large part of me, has a desire to do something else.

The ultimate in wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past.

Every story you tell is your own story.

We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.

Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself.

I know it's my fault I should've gave more.

The thinker as reader reads what has been written. He wears the words he reads to look upon Within his being.