Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth Is a supremely successful day.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

She was half running away from the hall, and she knew that she had done something cataclysmic, and she wanted nothing more than to be swallowed up by the darkness and to disappear forever.

We're [as parents] striving for an unattainable, inauthentic shell, and ignoring the real nut, the gooey inside: love, laughter, and fulfillment from simple things.

Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

Used to be all I'd want to learn was wisdom, trust and truth, now all I really want to learn is Forgiveness for you

If I have to move on from Newcastle, hopefully it will be to somewhere else

Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.

I'm a big Backstreet Boys fan. I always give y'all shoutouts. I love the things y'all do.

It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.