Greatness is in influence, and not necessarily in affluence. It is not achieved by being a 'paper millionaire', but by being a 'people millionaire'.

Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.

To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy.

Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter.

The face of a truly happy man seldom lacks smiles.

Always be happy, you never know how happy you can make another by just being happy.

Happiness springs up from within. Do not seek it without.

It is better to hope less than to be hopeless.

Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?

Knowing trees, I came to realize, understand and appreciate the act of patience.

If your failure is not a lesson, it's indeed a failure.

When the leaves stop falling wasn't her time to die, it was your time to live.

The thoughts that arise because of 'depression' or 'elevation' are all wrong thoughts. The thoughts that arise in 'normality' are 'correct'.

Love is breathing each other with all madness

People who gives excuses of lack of growth simply don’t know how to apply the principle of increase

Here is how you know if it is love or lust. Push them in front of a bus. If you jump in the way and save them it is love.

If the thunder is not loud the peasant forgets to cross himself.

I worked for Harper’s Bazaar. They fired me. I recommend that you all get fired; it’s a great learning experience.

Everyday I walked on to the field I was the best center.

What was once obvious to them was no longer quite as obvious. Why was it that humans lost sight of truth so quickly?

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.