If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.

Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.

Happiness is 'happening' in the good souls, those God loves. That love is mirrored in terms of Happiness.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.

I come from a pretty tough background and I learned a long time ago not to be bothered.

The world is so much larger than I thought. I thought we went along paths--but it seems there are no paths. The going itself is the path.

The Bahamas are gorgeous. The deep trench in the ocean floor called the Tongue of the Ocean, which comes between the islands, is the most beautiful deep indigo colour.

Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter.

The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.