Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man.

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.

Moving on feels heavy because you have been weighed down by fear

This story was a story of our time. And a writer's attempts not to fathom his time amount but to sounding his mind in it.

Be the master of your mind, dwell on positive thoughts.

Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.

I don't start a story until I know where it's going to end.

I was a very polite schoolgirl who did her work very well and hid under tables. I'd hate to think I haven't changed at all.

When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family. I'm much prouder about that part.'

And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it resides, always commands.

I would never filibuster any President’s judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to a vote.

Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe.