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Whatever we are waiting for peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance ? it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. 
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. 
One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of great tragedy, nothing is being lost but money 
If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now. 
Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way... that is not easy. 
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged 
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. 
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. 
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. 
Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become 
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. 
Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying, 'Get the hell out of my way, I've got things to do'. 
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true 
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. 
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. 
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. 
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got! 
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. 
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. 
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear. 
I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes. 
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. 
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. 
Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor. 
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. 
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. 
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. 
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. 
Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. 
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams 
A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark. 
It's hard to make up your bed while you're still sleeping in it. Hard to make up your mind for the same reason. 
I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water. 
Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity. 
When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through 
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes 
A photographer is an acrobat treading the high wire of chance, trying to capture shooting stars. 
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god. 
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. 
Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. 
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. 
Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage. 
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation. 
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. 
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. 
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. 
We must remember that unless and until women are given their rightful place, no society or country can progress. 
In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. 
