Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.
The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.
Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.
Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.
It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.
It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.
Materialism is an identity crisis.
True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.
True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.
Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately that prevents them from even knowing it.
Do you want to know what you are? You are a creator. At every moment you are creating. The real question is, what are you creating?
You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.
In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!
Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.
Self-made men often worship their creator.