Do not speak - unless it improves on silence.

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.

A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for.

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.

Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies.

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

I believed him. I was not stupid. I was his wife.

I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live.

Wine is earth's answer to the sun.

Remember, the only difference between 'marital' and 'martial' is where you put the 'i'.

I don't work with a stylist.

We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.