What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.

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.

Know this: If you are afraid of starting over, it means you have not yet begun.

To move ahead...you must grab the bull by the horns and start living your life. Stop living and doing everything for others and live it for yourself!

A smile is the best make-up.

I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.

The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.

What a fool I was! and yet, in the sight of angels, are we any wiser as we grow older? It seems to me, only, that our illusions change as we go on; but, still, we are madmen all the same.

The liberal understanding of 'the separation of church and state' means that as the area of politics expands, the area of private freedom - religious and otherwise - shrinks.

Writing well has everything to do with being able to read one's own work with an eye toward the unmet possibilities that are there.

It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic.

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.