As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.

Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

Love does make everything beautiful.

If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation.

We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

Love yourself just as you are.

My dear, life rarely gives us what we want at the moment we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the commitment.’ It’s one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable.

The Church needs you, your enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you.

Ummm…” She licked her lips. “Define fun.” “Quit doing that, jailbait. It’s distracting.

I won't lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of make your heart stop.

I think cigars are just a tremendous addition to the enjoyment of life.