By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

We live in the world when we love it.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

To help someone, don’t criticize or complain. Find what he does better and compliment him.

There is madness in youth, but sometimes a god inspires it.

Think positive, Butch.

If you have hung yourself out to dry, it means that you are still wet behind the ears.

He's one of those Christmas Eve guys. There are people like that. . . every day in their lives is Christmas Eve.

I travel all over the world, usually 10 months out of the year. I stay at a lot of hotels, and the ones I like best are clean and not complicated. You go to bed and say, 'Wow, I feel comfortable.'

If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership.

Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found

Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.

Explanations don't comfort. You won't feel better if you know why. It won't hurt any less.