I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. |

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. |

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. |

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. |

The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. |

Don’t let your want replace your need, because a day will come when you will lose what you need to get what you want. |

My heart aches in corners I did not know existed. |

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. |

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. |

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. |

You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out. |

Space I can recover. Time, never. |

Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue. |

Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth. |

The best revenge is not to be like that. |

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. |

We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out. |

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man. |

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. |

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure. |

What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul. |

To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often. |

You either get bitter or you get better. It's that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you. |

When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow and exclude people. So create. |