There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

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.

Achievers are biased towards action despite any fear, and this courage sets them apart from others.

[Freedom is] the societal condition that exists when every individual has 100% control of his own property.

As a drummer my job is to reproduce what made the people bop their heads when they first heard the album on the radio, or when they watched the music video.

Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.

Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.

To know God's love is indeed heaven on earth.

Whatever you do without confidence will be done badly.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

If you show up without makeup or looking sloppy, no matter how impressive your ideas are, no one is going to pay attention to you. People take you more seriously if you look polished.