I do not crave this" But he needed it before he became a danger to himself and others.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy —the joy of being Salvador Dalí— and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this Salvador Dalí going to accomplish today?

Faith is as essential to the spiritual realm as oxygen is to the natural realm.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

There is a vast difference between living according to one's idea of what it is to be good, and actually being that way.

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.

I am quite competitive. In stupid things like card games.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

I don't claim to have found the Truth, but I know it has found me.

People have forgotten how to tell a story.

At the heart of any poor soul not at one with the Force, there is only void.