In the middle of my heart, a star appeared, and the seven heavens were lost in its brilliance.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence.

Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

I'm sick of being accused of gold-digging. It just so happens I get turned on by liver spots.

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.

Independent of others and in concert with others, your main task in life is to do what you can best do and become what you can potentially be.

I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.

Everyone needs to start somewhere.

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

Los Angeles is the evolutionary edge.