"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets."
"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe."
"Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life."
"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too."
"Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone else to accomplish."
"A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions."
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."
"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."
"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking."
"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."
"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
"One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world."
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
"An unexamined life is not worth living."
"To be, or not to be, that is the question."
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
"You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated."
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."