Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

one does not remember one’s own pain. It is the suffering of others that undoes us

Deep down inside what i want is a little of me.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

Always answer the phone. You never know if it's a hit calling.

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.

All men are created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us.

All unhappiness is caused by our trying to be limited, to be an ego. The more we are our Self, the happier we are. We will never be completely happy until we are completely being our Self.

If it's just politics that's running music, f - k that. I'm out of here! I can't think of anything more boring.

When you put more than a million kids in school, you take a plane today and go to Haiti, you cannot see the results. You will see the results in 30 years when you see a different type of Haitian.