"No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell."
"Things cannot forever go downward. There are limits to everythingβeven the cold, and the darkness, and the wind, and the dying."
"People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them."
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
"Don't let them drag you down by rumors. Just go with what you believe in."
"Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role."
"Confidence comes from crossing thresholds."
"The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so."
"Don't waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy."
"Faults are yours to fix, not to curse."
"The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it."
"Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world."
"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."
"May you find grace as you surrender to life. May you find happiness, as you stop seeking it."
"Don't let your mind stop you."
"We love the things we love for what they are."
"Look to the beauty of this day, miracles are all around you."
"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."
"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them."
"Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret."
"The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves."
"Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners."
"If you want to change how you see your problems, you have to change what you value and/or how you measure failure/success."
"Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken."
"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences."
"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."
"There's a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it."
"The decisions of our past are the architects of our present."
"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."
"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better."
"Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice."
"Zen insists that the whole trouble is just our failure to realize that there is no problem."
"Most of us will do anything to avoid facing ourselves."
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
"Get busy living, or get busy dying."
"Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."
"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions."
"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great."