If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement, which only he can change.

Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

You can be healed of depression if every day you begin the first thing in the morning to consider how you will bring a real joy to someone else.

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by "facts" but by our interpretation of the facts.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

Life is just the same as learning to swim. Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!

To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to feel with the heart of another. For the time being, this seems to me an admissible definition of what we call social feeling.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure...There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take too many precautions.

Less is more, especially in relationships. You must understand and appreciate the importance of quality in relationships over quantity.

Intelligence is the capacity to know what we are doing and instinct is just instinct. The results are about the same.

Don't stay in this now. You'll fall behind.

I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

We must learn from the sermons of Christ, the wisdom of Laotzu, the teachings of Buddha.

The enemy is within, and within stays within, and we can't get out of within.

Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.

I don't think I've had any great success in predicting politics or social change, nor have I really tried.

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.