The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

True beauty is measured by the number of pearls within you, not those around your neck.

Because I feel no anger toward my mother. Only loss, and loss is a feeling you can’t fight your way out of as easily.

She collapsed. I stepped forward and caught her. I thought of two trees nearly unrooted and leaning against each other.

We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.

I wanted to finish on a stronger note. Fighting through that routine, you know what I was like, 'I'm just fighting through.'

Lips, like roses dropping myrrh.

If it was possible for me to adopt, I probably would, but no one's going to let me adopt.

I like to stay cozy with my paranoia, not pass her around to my friends and family.

Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it?