The leap is made by dropping vanity over knowledge and by a willingness to become nothing in order to become everything.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

Radite na tome da budete elokventni.Vecina njih zna samo da prica, mnogo vise nego sto treba.

Do not be unkind to others just because you are passing through difficult times because they are not responsible for your misery.

if you keep a distance to get a respect, keep a distance to keep the respect

I have spent hours and hours watching elephants, and to come to understand what emotional creatures they are...it's not just a species facing extinction, it's massive individual suffering.

God will sometimes test us in regard to what we value highly to make sure that we value Him most.

Just when you may think the world has given up on you, take a look at your self, and remember the 1 person you can always turn to.

Crazy must run in your family, ” he says.“You do know Fia!” I blurt, then bite my lip.

To really love Joan Didion—to have been blown over by things like the smell of jasmine and the packing list she kept by her suitcase—you have to be female.

Ever since I got married I've been thinking night and day about whose fault it was, and every time I think about it, out comes a new fault to eat up the old one; but always there's a fault left.

I don't grasp things this early in the day. I mean, I hear voices, all right, but I can't pick out the verbs.