We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting.

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

Sincere love is something that sacrifices not something that indulges itself. Sincere love is responsible. It would never knowingly hurt, but would heal.

May we never let the things we can't have or don't have or shouldn't have spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.

A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions.

This is life-and it is passing. What are we waiting for?

Your direction is more important than your speed.

Work is the best wonder drug ever devised by God. Work is as necessary to man as eating and sleeping. Pleasure derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.

One of the greatest accomplishments in this world would be that of lifting human hearts. Blessed are they who are kind and considerate of the feelings of other people.

What is it that makes us suppose that we can more easily do twice tomorrow what we didn't do once today!

Children are the greatest philosophers : the questions that children ask require the deepest of thoughts and the longest of reflections on life!

education without inspiration is only recipe for desperation

To love and to labor is the sum of living.

For spiritual teachers, it is important not to identify with the image people inevitably have of them.

I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.

I myself often feel that I have a tail in my pants. And I can see that many people do it as well, I am sure some of them simply wrap it around themselves.

We were once fish! We spent millions of years under the water in silence! That's why now we love talking continuously!

You have, like the external world, your own phenomena inside.

I’ve been all three. And now I’m undecided.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.