No one should ever despair because the entrance to his or her chosen career path is clogged. There is an ancient saying: "The persistent drip wears through stone.

Greed kills us all.

Everyone makes mistakes. Whether we put our mistakes to use depends on how deeply we reflect on our actions. It is desirable to reflect until the tears come. - On Self-Reflection -

If you are fortunate enough to enjoy great success, you should never forget the spirit of the beginner, and not grow indolent and arrogant.

Change yourself, and others will follow.

Health, wealth, reputation, and status are all mere ingredients of happiness. The key to true well-being is being able to manage them capably.

Inspiration in the wee hours of the morning is the golden ticket

Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

Our unity will always be a greater force with mixed ideals than if we demand that others change for us, to what we believe.

You are going around on the wheel again and again. You go around and around from lifetime to lifetime. You never quite wake up. Enlightenment is waking up.

I would suggest the widow do things the husband used to do, so he seems to be there with you. You will feel like just going to bed. It's so wonderful, going to bed.

It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down to your hips. Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

I can't picture myself being the people I always looked up to.

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.

A duck call in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets

That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!