It is no easy task to do away with a thing that is established. We, therefore, say that the non-beginning of a thing is supreme wisdom.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.

Teach the child, not just the curriculum.

Peace is the opposite of dreaming. It’s built slowly and surely through brutal compromises and tiny victories that you don’t even see. It’s a messy business, bringing peace into the world.

Just like us, successful people are also given 24 hours each day. The only differences between them and unsuccessful individuals are their winner mindset and self discipline.

I speak in a loud, clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.

I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'

Loves and Cupids took to flight afraid, and Martyrdom had no such torment in its painted history of suffering.

Talking doom and gloom all day no longer fit who I was as a person.

O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree, So scant of grass, so profligate of pines

As I view it, spending over two years in a cage is far worse than having your face pounded and dealing with a black eye for a week or two.