While the pressures of life are inevitable, if at the end of the day you are unable to completely let go of the day and return to a calm, centered inner state, you are overstressed.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Family is more than blood

Rather than signalling the aspiration for system of checks and balances against absolute power, democracy become a euphemism for majority rule.

Mercy and cowardice are the same, " she snapped out. "But you want their land, not their lives, no? Dead men can't obey.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

I don't remember any dream. All I remember is waking up and feeling that there had been a change while I was sleeping.

I know I come off differently than I think of myself. I'm always surprised by what people say about me.

Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories.