Joyously participate in the sorrows of others.

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.

Cherish the others in your life. Cherish your freedom to be yourself. Cherish your freedom to choose who you want to be, what you want to do next.

I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme From that time unto this season I received nor rhyme nor reason.

If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.

Whatever I have to do to help us win, I'll do.

They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

You can do so much in ten minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.

The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies...

I still don't believe this craziness for being skinny, but I eat sensibly and I don't stuff down chocolate biscuits.

If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't going to be interested.

Our country [America] is still the strongest force for peace and freedom on earth.