Forbid that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

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Whether of not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Go Placidly, Amid the noise and Haste & Remember what peace there may be in silence.

May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as will keep me friendly with myself.

Let me not follow in the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

Woven into our lives is the very fire from the stars and genes from the sea creatures, and everyone, utterly everyone, is kin in the radiant tapestry of being.

We can't have a freedom struggle without free choice.

Called an inquiry into the laws which determine the division of the produce.

To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.

The toughest workout can never match the pain of being out of work.

No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.

Part of the discipline of being an editor is that you have to be a good audience member; your work is to be a surrogate audience member on the films you are working on.

I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up.

It never occurred to me to say no.